Carl J. Meade

  • STS -38 (1990)
  • STS -50 ( 1992)
  • STS -64 ( 1994)

Carl Joseph Meade ( born November 16, 1950 in Chanute Air Force Base, State of Illinois, USA ) is a former American astronaut.

Meade received in 1973 a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 and a master's in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Meade worked as an electrical engineer at Hughes Aircraft. He then joined the United States Air Force, where he was trained as pilots and test pilots and also used as such at Edwards Air Force Base. In 1985, he was transferred back as an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School.

Astronauts activity

In June 1985, Meade was selected after an unsuccessful bid for the tenth astronaut group by NASA as an astronaut candidate by NASA the eleventh group.

STS -38

Meade launched on 15 November 1990 as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on his first mission into space. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense has been exposed as the payload of a military spy satellite.

STS -50

During the mission, STS -50 was a mission specialist Meade on the space shuttle Columbia. The mission launched on 25 June 1992. The primary payload was the Microgravity Laboratory USML -1, a manned Spacelab module. There have been numerous experiments for the study of crystal growth of zeolite, the surface tension of physics and human physiology.

STS -64

His third flight took Meade in September 1994 as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery. As part of STS- 64, the laser optical radar system LITE were tested. A further object was the launching and recovering of astronomical research satellites SPARTAN -201, a free- flying satellites to investigate the solar wind and the solar corona. After eleven days in space, he landed on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

According to the NASA

In February 1996, Meade moved by NASA to Lockheed Martin Lockheed Advanced Development Projects Unit ( Skunk Works) as deputy project manager for the X - 33rd He then went to Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, to work for the Crew Exploration Vehicle project.

Private

Carl Meade is married and has one child.

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